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2023 Love What You Read(athon): Individual Readathon
Duration: February 10 to February 12, 2023


In this thread you will find helpful information about our individual readathon and ask any questions you have!

Love What You Read(athon)

Welcome to 2023 Reading Challenge’s first individual readathon of the year! This February we will be hosting a 3-day individual reading challenge to celebrate the month of love!

General Information
💗 February 10 to February 12, 2023
💗 Begins and ends at midnight in your own time zone
💗 Five prompts (including any book on your TBR)
💗 Prompts may be repeated
💗 Any book formats qualify (graphic novel, large print, audio, etc.)

Once the readathon goes live, we will post a tracking and discussion thread for participants to keep everyone updated on how their reading is going and discuss. We’d love to have you join us for all of the fun but none of this is required to participate! Simply begin your reading on the 10th and conclude on the 12th.

Prompts
1. Anything on your TBR
2. Reread a book you LOVED
3. Read a book about love
4. Read a book with a heart on the cover or in the title
5. Read a book with a cover that is a shade of red (pink, maroon, etc.)

This sounds great!! TY for organizing this for us :)

I'll join & plan to read Eileen Chang's novel, Love in a Fallen City.

Are all readathons announced with just 2 weeks notice or is it possible to get dates further in advance to be able to plan round them?
I'd love to join in, but I have a volunteer commitment that weekend that it's far too late to change now!

I'm excited for this and would love to join!

I am in!!

I'm in

I'm in. This will be my first readathon ever.

I'm in >:)

I’m in.

I’m in!

I'm in!

Do you have to read a book from each prompt in the 3 days?? I can’t read that fast anymore!!

Katy wrote: "Do you have to read a book from each prompt in the 3 days?? I can’t read that fast anymore!!"

Ditto. I was wondering the same.

I'm in ! 😍

Katy wrote: "Do you have to read a book from each prompt in the 3 days?? I can’t read that fast anymore!!"

The prompts are just guidance. The point is to read something that fits the prompts, within those three days. Whether it's just one book, or 3, 5 or more, is of less importance.

I'm looking forward to this readathon!
💜💜💜

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "Are all readathons announced with just 2 weeks notice or is it possible to get dates further in advance to be able to plan round them?
I'd love to join in, but I have a volunteer commitment that w..."

In the past, we've announced them on the 1st of the month the readathon takes place in which, for this one, happens to be a shorter timespan than usual. But I am always open to feedback and in the future for individual readathons can definitely announce the dates sooner!

We're also going to have 2 team readathons this year, one in June and one in September that hopefully you'll be able to join us for :)

Katy wrote: "Do you have to read a book from each prompt in the 3 days?? I can’t read that fast anymore!!"

I'll echo what Lisa said here and add that the goal of the readathon is to encourage us all to do a "sprint" of sorts towards our yearly/monthly/quarterly reading goals. There's no pressure to read a book for each prompt, or even any of the prompts, and I hope that miscommunication didn't cause too much stress about it!

Thanks Bailey and Lisa. That clears it up for me.

Start and end my timezone (GMT)

Started prior to Challenge:
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (45% = 68/161)
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! (70/109)
Pancake Panic (14/196) couldn't wait anylonger :-D


Friday:
Pancake Panic (70)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (10)
On the Run (131)
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! (6)
Day total: 217 pages

Saturday:
Pancake Panic (114)
Cooked Goose (39)
A Very Austen Valentine (71)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (20)
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! (6)
Forever Paired (20)
Day total: 270 pages

Sunday:
Forever Paired (278)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (35)
A Very Austen Valentine (83)
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! (4)
Sugar Cookie Slaughter (10)
Day total: 410 pages
Challenge Total: 897 pages

Readathon book totals:
On the Run book 1 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 3.5* 2/10 (131)
Pancake Panic book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 by Addison Moore 2* 2/11 (184)
Cooked Goose book 2 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 4.5* 2/11 (39)
Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks 4* 2/12 (298)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (65)
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! by Lillian Duncan (16)
A Very Austen Valentine by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite, Susan Kaye & Mandy H. Cook (154)
#1 I Dream of You by Robin M. Helm 3.5* 2/11 (71)
#1 Sir Walter Takes a Wife by Laura Hile 3* 2/12 (83)
Sugar Cookie Slaughter book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 by Addison Moore (10)

Continued:
Read/Finished*: / *
Started:


Prompts - Just for the curious :-D
Fits all books I read:
1. Anything on your TBR
3. Read a book about love

Not used:
2. Reread a book you LOVED
4. Read a book with a heart on the cover or in the title
5. Read a book with a cover that is a shade of red

bailey wrote: "In the past, we've announced them on the 1st of the month the readathon takes place in which, for this one, happens to be a shorter timespan than usual. But I am always open to feedback and in the future for individual readathons can definitely announce the dates sooner!"
I'd love dates asap, and definitely more than 2 weeks out but I probably just need to accept that other people don't have the same busy life that I do! A couple of weeks ago, I spend a large proportion of the weekend reading which was great & something I'd love to schedule more often & have others to connect with too!

I know one book that would be perfect for this. It covers the colour pink, has a heart on the cover, and is a romance. It also has a lot of smut because it is about friends with benefits. Could be called enemies to lovers.

I love you, I hate you, by Elizabeth Davis.




My recommendation in case you cannot find anything else.

I am looking forward to my 1st readathon .

Definitely in!

I'm in. This is my first Readathon, so we'll see how it goes!

Prompts
1. Anything on your TBR - The Private Wife of Sherlock Holmes
2. Reread a book you LOVED - A Marriage of Inconvenience
3. Read a book about love - Anthropology: 101 True Love Stories
4. Read a book with a heart on the cover or in the title - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Heart
5. Read a book with a cover that is a shade of red (pink, maroon, etc.) - Girl with Green Eyes

I’m in!

I'm in.

The books on my February TBR are mostly purple, but half are about love in one form or another. Yay! I'll try to save at least one love book for those dates, and I also have some TBR books with hearts on the cover. I may not be able to read much that weekend (we shall see), but I'm excited for the comradery and activities.

Thanks for setting this up, bailey! 💗💕💞💕💗

I’m definitely joining!! so excited

I'm in for at least one. 💜

Sheila from NC signing in; this will be the first time I’ve participated in a readathon! Thanks for hosting.

I'll participate too!

Definitely in!

Readathon: Love What You Read

Update to Message 37: I will try for 2

Prompts
1. Anything on your TBR

From my TBR:
I will read and finish (hopefully:


and I will start:

Can we ready ANY book on our TBR? Or does it have to have a love theme?

Michelle E wrote: "Can we ready ANY book on our TBR? Or does it have to have a love theme?"

It can be any book.
Bailey wrote in an earlier comment: ".....the goal of the readathon is to encourage us all to do a "sprint" of sorts towards our yearly/monthly/quarterly reading goals. There's no pressure to read a book for each prompt, or even any of the prompts...."

Michelle E wrote: "Can we ready ANY book on our TBR? Or does it have to have a love theme?"

Yes, *any* book from your TBR is perfectly acceptable! And you can read a book for any of the prompts multiple times so you could solely read books on your TBR for the readathon if you wanted. There's no obligation to read for the themed prompts if they don't interest you or if you'd rather focus on your backlog :)

I'm in!

Count me in! This will be my first readathon.

I'm in!

I'm in!
1. Anything on your TBR
2. Reread a book you LOVED
3. Read a book about love
4. Read a book with a heart on the cover or in the title
5. Read a book with a cover that is a shade of red (pink, maroon, etc.)

I'm in for 2. I will finish one book and start another during the 3 days.

Bailey posted the Daily Tracking and Discussion thread. You can go there to claim a post and join this weekend's conversation. 💗